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Terms & Conditions

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1.The Promoter 

The promoter is: Vantage Competitions LTD [trading as Vantage Competitions], Company Number 14844706 and whose registered office is at 2 Ash Court, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA120UQ. 

2.The Competition 

2.1. These terms and conditions apply to all competitions listed on the Promoter’s website at www.VantageCompetitions.co.uk  (the “Website”) 

2.2. The Promoter may offer different formats to the competitions. Subject to clause 2.3 an entry fee is payable each time you enter.  

2.4. To be in with a chance of winning, everyone who enters the competition (an “Entrant”) will be required to correctly answer a question or solve a problem set by the Promoter (the “Competition Question”). Where the Promoter offers an easy or multiple-choice question or, where the Promoter does not ask a Competition Question, a free entry route is available.  

3.How to enter 

3.1. The competition will run from and including the opening and closing dates specified on the Website. These dates shall be referred to as the “Opening Date” and “Closing Date respectively. All times and dates referred to are the times and dates in London, England. 

3.2. If it is absolutely necessary to do so, the Promoter reserves the right to change the Opening and Closing Dates. If the Promoter does change the Opening Date and/or the Closing Date of a competition, the new details will be displayed on the Website. The Promoter will not extend the Closing Date simply to sell more entries.  

3.3. All competition entries must be received by the Promoter by no later than the specified time on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the specified time on the Closing Date are automatically disqualified and no refunds will be given. 

3.4. [The maximum number entries to the competition will be stated on the Website. The number of entries you are able to make may be limited if the maximum number of entries is reached.] 

3.5. Entrants can enter the competition as many times as they wish [until the maximum number of entries have been received.][Entrants submitting free entries must submit each entry separately. Bulk entries, if received, will not be accepted and will only be counted as one single entry.] 

3.6. To enter the competition: 

(a) go to the Website and view the Competition Question, if there is one; 

(b) complete and submit the online entry form; then 

(c) purchase the required number of entries; then 

(d) when you have purchased your entries, submit your answer to the Competition Question, if there is one.  

3.7. All entries must be submitted in the English language. Entries in languages other than English will automatically be disqualified and no refund will be given. 

3.8. Unless you are using the free entry method, the Promoter will send confirmation that your entry has been received and your allocated random ticket number(s). [and confirm whether or not your answer to the Competition Question is correct.] if there is one. 

3.9. The Promoter will not accept responsibility for competition entries that are not successfully completed, are lost or are delayed regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. 

3.10. By purchasing entries and submitting a competition entry, you are entering into a contract with the Promoter and are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions. 

3.11. You may enter the competition for free by complying with the following conditions: 

(a) send your entry by first class post on an unenclosed postcard to the Promoter at the following address: 2 Ash Court, Ulverston Cumbria, LA12 0UQ . 

(b) hand delivered entries will not be accepted and will not be entered into the random draw; 

(c) include with your entry the following information: 

(i) your full name; 

(ii) your address; 

(iii) a contact telephone number and email address; and 

(iv) your answer to the Competition Question (if there is one). 

(d) incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified; 

(e) you may make multiple free entries for any competition (up to any limit placed on entries by the Promoter) but each free entry must be submitted and posted to the Promoter separately. Bulk entries in one envelope will not be accepted as multiple entries and if a bulk entry is received, it will be counted as one single entry; 

(f) by entering the competition, you are confirming that you are eligible to enter and accept these terms and conditions; 

(g) your entry must be received by the Promoter prior to the Closing Date. Entries received after the Closing Date will not be entered into the random draw. Proof of posting does not guarantee that you will be entered into the random draw; 

(h) the Promoter will not acknowledge receipt of your entry nor confirm if your answer to the Competition Question is correct; [if there is one]. 

(i) if the number of entries received reaches any cap or limit before your free entry is received, you will not be entered into the random draw. 

(j) Entrants must have created an account on the Website for the free entry to be processed. All details on the postcard MUST correspond to the details on the account to receive the order confirmation and ticket number. Postal entries received without a registered account cannot be processed. 

(k) All postal entries that meet the above criteria, will be entered into the competitions postal entries have been received for. The entrant completes their entry via a code sent to their email address entitling them to a 100% off the value of postal order received. This is a one time use code and multiple codes will not be created if used in error. 

(l) The code is entered at checkout, tickets will be sent out via email & will be visible to see in the “my account” section of the website. 

4.Choosing a winner 

4.1. All Entrants who correctly answer the Competition Question will be placed into a draw and the winner will be chosen by random draw [using google number generator]. If no Competition Question is asked, all Entrants will be entered into the random draw. The random draw will take place as soon as reasonably possible and, in any event, within [7] days of the Closing Date (“Draw Date“).  

4.2. All Entrants will have their names and entry numbers included on a spreadsheet which may be published on the Website and may be visible during the live draw. If you do not wish to have your name included on this spreadsheet you must contact the Promoter via email at info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk as soon as reasonably possible after you have completed your entry and in any event, at least 48 hours before the live draw takes place. 

4.3. For help with entries, please contact us at info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk 

5.Eligibility 

5.1. The competition is only open to all residents in the United Kingdom aged 18 years or over, except: 

(a) employees of the Promoter; 

(b) employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or 

(c) members of the immediate families or households of (a) and (b) above. 

5.2. By entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. The Promoter may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition and claim the prize. If you fail to provide the Promoter with any such proof or other information that they may require within a reasonable time, you may be disqualified from the competition. 

5.3. The Promoter will not accept competition entries that are: 

(a) automatically generated by computer; or 

(b) incomplete. 

5.4. The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize competition. This includes if you are rude or abusive to the Promoter or anyone associated with them. 

5.5. No refunds of the entry fee will be given in any event, including; 

(a) if, following your entry into the competition, you subsequently find out that you are not eligible to enter the competition or claim the Prize;  

(b) if, following your entry into the competition the eligibility criteria for entering the competition or claiming the Prize changes and you are no longer eligible; or  

(c) if you are disqualified from the competition by the Promoter for any reason. 

5.6. If the Entrant engages in:   

(a) any form of fraud (actual or apparent);   

(b) fraudulent misrepresentation;  

(c) fraudulent concealment;  

(d) hacking or interference with the proper functioning of the Website; or  

(e) amending, or unauthorised use of, any of the code that constitutes the website 

all of their entries will be declared void, no refunds will be given and they may be prevented from participating in any future competitions. 

6.The prize 

6.1. The prize for each competition is described on the Website (the “Prize”). Details of the Prize are, to the best of the Promoter’s knowledge, information and belief, correct as at the Opening Date.  

6.2. Prizes are subject to availability. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute any prize with a prize of equal or greater value. If any details of the Prize change, the Promoter will endeavour to update the Website as soon as reasonably possible. 

6.3. The Promoter makes no representations and gives no warranties about the Prize, its value, its condition or any other information provided on the Website. The Promoter makes no representations and gives no warranties that the information provide on the Website is accurate, complete or up to date. 

6.4. The Prize may be supplied by a third-party supplier (the “Supplier”). Details of the Supplier (if any) will be provided on the Website. 

6.5 The Promoter has no responsibility for the Prize(s) once it has been delivered/collected. 

6.6 The Promoter guarantees that all tech prizes are brand new for each draw but cannot guarantee Prizes will have a warranty for any breakages after they are handed over. 

6.7.[The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the Prize for an alternative cash prize (“Cash Prize”) in the following circumstances: 

(a) the Prize becomes unavailable; 

(b) other circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter make it necessary to do so. 

6.8. The prize is not negotiable or transferable. 

7.Winners 

7.1. The decision of the Promoter is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into. 

7.2. The Winner’s full name will be announced during the live draw. If you wish for your name to be censored from the entry list, or during the live draw please contact info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk with reasonable time left before the list is published, and the prize draw takes place.   

7.3 The Promoter will contact the winner personally as soon as practicable after the Draw Date, using the telephone number or email address provided with the competition entry. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed the Prize within 21 days of the Draw Date, the Promoter reserves the right to offer the Prize to another Entrant (“The Alternative Winner”) selected from the correct entries that were received before the Closing Date. Selected at random in the same method as before from the remaining correct entries received before the Closing Date. The Alternate Winner shall have 21 days from notification of their status by the Promoters to communicate their acceptance of the Prize. This process shall continue until a winner accepts the Prize. 

7.4. The Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Promoter will [publish the surname and county of major prize winners on the Website]OR [send the surname and county of major prize winners to anyone who writes to the address set out in clause 1(enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month after the Closing Date of the competition].  

7.5. If you object to any or all of your surname, county and winning entry being published or made available, please contact the Promoter at info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk prior to the Closing Date. In such circumstances, the Promoter must still provide the information to the Advertising Standards Authority on request. 

8.Claiming the prize 

8.1. You must claim the Prize personally. The Prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf. Details of how the Prize will be delivered to you (or made available for collection) are published on the Website. 

8.2. If your personal details, including contact information, changes at any time you should notify the Promoter as soon as reasonably possible. Notifications should be sent to the Promoter via email to info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk . Notifications must include details of the competition you have entered, your old details and your new details. If your details change within 10 days of the Closing Date, the Promoter will use your old details if it needs to try to contact you. 

8.3. Any Cash Prize will be transferred directly to the winners nominated bank account. The winner must provide evidence that it is the sole or joint beneficiary of the bank account. Failure to do so within [14] days will result in disqualification from the competition and the winner forfeiting the prize. In such circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible Entrant selected from the correct entries that were received before the Closing Date.  

8.4. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility and is not liable to pay any compensation if you are unable to or do not take up the prize. 

8.5. Delivery of the Prize will only be to a UK address. 

9.Limitation of liability 

Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected. 

10.Data protection and publicity 

10.1. By entering the competition, you agree that any personal information provided by you with the competition entry may be held and used only by the Promoter or its agents and suppliers to administer the competition or as otherwise set out in the Promoter’s Privacy Policy  a copy of which is available on the Website. 

10.2. If you are the winner of the competition, you agree that the Promoter may use your name, image and town or county of residence to announce the winner of this competition. You further agree to participate in any reasonable publicity required by the Promoter. 

10.3. If you do not wish to participate in any publicity, you must notify the Promoter prior to the Closing Date. This will not affect your chances of winning the Prize. If you do not agree to participate in any publicity about the competition we may still provide your details to the Advertising Standards Authority. This is a legal requirement that we must comply with to prove that the competition has been properly administered and the Prize awarded. 

10.4. If you are the winner of the competition, you may be required to provide further personal information and proof of your identity in order to confirm your eligibility to claim the Prize and transfer ownership of the Prize to you. You consent to the use of your information in this way. You are entitled to request further details about how your personal information is being used. You may also withdraw your consent to your personal information being used in such way but by doing so you may prevent the Prize being transferred to you. In such circumstances, you will be deemed to have withdrawn from the competition and forfeit the Prize. You will not be entitled to any refund of your entry fee. The Promoter reserves the right to offer the Prize to the next eligible Entrant selected from the correct entries that were received before the Closing Date. 

10.5. Please note that under data protection laws you are entitled to request that the Promoter does not contact you and removes your details from its database. If you make such a request you will be withdrawing from the competition as it will not be possible to contact you in the event that you are the winner. You will not be entitled to any refund of any entry fee if you withdraw from the competition. If you do not wish any of your personal details to be used by the Promoter for promotional purposes, please email the Promoter at info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk prior to the Closing Date. 

11.General 

11.1. The Promoter reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions from time to time. The latest version of these terms and conditions will be available on the Website. 

11.2. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition and any future competitions. 

11.3. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition where it becomes necessary to do so. There is no minimum number of entries and the Promoter will not hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition due to a lack of entries. 

11.4. The competitions on the Website and App are in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook, Apple, Google or any other brand used by the website/company. By entering the competitions, Entrants agree that neither Facebook, Apple, Google, or any other brand used for this website/company have any liability and are not responsible for the administration or promotion of the competitions. 

11.5. These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. 

11.6 You should print a copy of these terms and conditions and keep them for your records. 

Website terms of use 

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE 

These terms tell you the rules for using our website www.vantagecompetitions.co.uk (our site). 

Who we are and how to contact us 

Our site is a site operated by Vantage Competitions LTD (“We”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 14844706 and have our registered office at 2 Ash Court, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA120UQ which is also our trading address.  

We are a limited company. 

To contact us, please email info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk or contact us directly via our website. 

By using our site you accept these terms 

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. 

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. 

We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference. 

There are other terms that may apply to you 

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site: 

  • Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. 

If you purchase goods or services from our site, participate in any promotions or enter any of our competitions, other terms and conditions will apply and which you must accept and abide by. 

We may make changes to these terms 

We may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.  

We may make changes to our site 

We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, services, our users’ needs and our business priorities. 

We may suspend or withdraw our site 

Our site is made available free of charge but you may have to pay to enter our competitions. 

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. 

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them. 

Who can use our site? 

Our site is only for users in the United Kingdom  

Our site is directed to people residing in United Kingdom. We do not represent that the content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in other locations. 

You must keep your account details safe 

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. 

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. 

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk 

How you may use material on our site 

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it.  Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. 

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site. 

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. 

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged. 

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. 

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. 

Do not rely on information on this site 

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. 

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date. 

We are not responsible for websites we link to 

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. 

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. 

 User-generated content is not approved by us 

This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site, including posts made to our social media accounts. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values. 

If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us at info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk 

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By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. 

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Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. 

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. 

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you 

  • We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. 
  • Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products or services to you or if you enter our competitions, which will be set out in our Terms and Conditions. 
  • Please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity. 

Uploading content to our site 

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our site, post to our social media accounts or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy 

You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty. 

Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you license to us are described below.  

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. 

We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content. 

Rights you are giving us to use material you upload 

When you upload or post content to our site, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform that user-generated content. We may also share it, quote from it and use it to promote our site, products and services, particularly via social media. 

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them 

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. 

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software. 

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately. 

Rules about linking to our site 

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. 

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. 

You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you. 

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. 

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.  

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact info@vantagecompetitions.co.uk 

Which country’s laws apply to any disputes? 

These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any disputes between us. 

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